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Old 16th November 2007, 06:46 PM   #12 (permalink)
treeseer
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Default Re: Why Topping?

Sean I think deadwooding is usually good for the tree. As for natural targets i e collars, they move out onto dead limbs, so the better criterion for a cut location is to avoid damaging stem tissue even if it is 50 cm out on the branch!
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